Retired USG career employee. Still a work in progress.https://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mj45wwigd22fU.S. defense official overseeing AI reaped millions selling xAI stock after Pentagon entered agreement with company - The Guardian10 Apr 2026 01:23 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj45wwigd22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mj3ejan2nk2cToday’s #haiku Browning bananas beckon me to the kitchen. Should I make muffins? #Micropoetry09 Apr 2026 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3ejan2nk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3miyin5trck24Today’s #haiku is inspired by something that happened two years ago today. (I also wrote an essay about it, linked below.) At the centerline the moon feasted on the sun. So very surreal. https://file770.com/at-the-centerline/08 Apr 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyin5trck24https://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mixea4v72s2jToday’s #haiku From the space capsule the moon looked so foreboding. But yet it beckons.08 Apr 2026 03:32 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mixea4v72s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mithnm5z222aToday’s #haiku: This crabapple tree will produce thousands of fruit which will be deer snacks.06 Apr 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mithnm5z222ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3miscnefv3k2fToday’s #haiku: The first time I baked, more flour ended up on me than in my bread dough.06 Apr 2026 03:20 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3miscnefv3k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mirsmwzvxc2cTwo Washington Nationals bullpen meltdowns in their first nine games. It’s gonna be a long season.05 Apr 2026 22:34 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mirsmwzvxc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mipmxm4syc26Today’s #haiku I’m watching Ben-Hur, hoping Chuck says “Pry this lance from my cold dead hands!”05 Apr 2026 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mipmxm4syc26https://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mipkgp2b7k2pToday’s baking adventure results in a dozen Hot Cross Buns! “One a-penny, two a-penny Hot Cross Buns!” (I can still remember that song from my childhood.) I need to work on my glaze-drizzling technique. #baking05 Apr 2026 01:02 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mipkgp2b7k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mimvohm5o22rToday’s #haiku Trump’s net approval Is historically bad. How low can he go?03 Apr 2026 23:45 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mimvohm5o22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mikmtagi2c2rThis is a bit dated but it still seems relevant. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Apr 2026 02:01 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mikmtagi2c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mikgcna6ok2pToday’s #haiku Farewell, Pam Bondi. Not sorry to see you go. Hegseth should be next.03 Apr 2026 00:04 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mikgcna6ok2phttps://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mihjjbtlck2kOnce again, the Washington Nationals manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.01 Apr 2026 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihjjbtlck2khttps://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mihicouixc2rToday’s #haiku Trump’s time at SCOTUS makes us all wonder a bit: Did he fall asleep?01 Apr 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihicouixc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mifs2yiggc22A theatre-in-the-round performance of Inherit the Wind this evening at Arena Stage. Really, really good. (Photo is the curtain call, except there were no curtains.)01 Apr 2026 03:52 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifs2yiggc22https://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mifcvjlj7k22Building across street from Arena Stage inspires today’s #haiku The window sign read: “Stop senile sociopaths! And sycophants too!”31 Mar 2026 23:20 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifcvjlj7k22https://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mick73a4zs2tI just made some spicecake mix cookies, enhanced by adding some apple pie spice and plumped raisins. This was mostly just to test a new way of plumping the raisins (too much flavor gets extracted into the boiling water the conventional way). They look pretty good, and I’ll find out soon if they are.30 Mar 2026 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mick73a4zs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mic73rrqms2bToday’s #haiku Six years since COVID Changed the world, changed everything. Seems so long ago.30 Mar 2026 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mic73rrqms2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mic5ziirfc2byoutu.be/atu7oa6GQ3Q https://youtu.be/atu7oa6GQ3Q30 Mar 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mic5ziirfc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mi7wafpdf22tToday’s #haiku Baked a bread today. My mind needed a reset from Trump’s outrages.29 Mar 2026 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi7wafpdf22thttps://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mi5jqmy45k2yA #haiku for today. I’m tuned to C-SPAN watching the No Kings rally. “We will overcome!”28 Mar 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi5jqmy45k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mi3o3f6ub22aHuh. Blue Jays pitcher struck out four batters in the one inning he was in the game. You don’t see that very often.28 Mar 2026 03:14 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi3o3f6ub22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mhyjkpfk4c2uLooking at all those empty seats behind home plate in the Cubbies’ home opener against the Nats. I guess they must be super expensive if they’re going unsold like that.26 Mar 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhyjkpfk4c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mhwcwgey2c22Notable difference in enthusiasm in stadium announcer when announcing Giants starting lineup than when she announced the starters for the Yankees.26 Mar 2026 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhwcwgey2c22https://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mhszgj2qmc2g“In other news, the average IQ of the U.S.Senate has increased.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Mar 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhszgj2qmc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mhqo5yfxzs2hWitkoff has an imaginary friend! [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Mar 2026 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqo5yfxzs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mhgqdlf7kc2iTime for another baking adventure. For today, it’s a batch of 12-ingredient banana buttermilk muffins, enhanced a bit with some cherry-infused dehydrated cranberries that were rehydrated with a small amount of boiling water to plump them. Looking forward to a taste test soon.19 Mar 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgqdlf7kc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mhealtxnas2eI sense a theme here. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Mar 2026 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhealtxnas2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/rwlmo.bsky.social/post/3mhbyormiyc2xCorned beef and cabbage for dinner this evening. Hey, it’s St.Patrick’s Day!17 Mar 2026 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:ipd3wornfc4rm4oopqqubzpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbyormiyc2x